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Data Centers Planned in Falls Township, West Rockhill: What Residents Need to Know, and Local Officials Are Saying

An aerial view of a large-scale data center campus, the type of facility proposed for Falls Township and West Rockhill in Bucks County.

Data centers are coming to Bucks County, and residents in Falls Township and West Rockhill are taking notice, according to The Keystone.

Amazon plans to build cloud computing and AI infrastructure on the old U.S. Steel site in Falls Township.

West Rockhill in Upper Bucks approved new zoning regulations after receiving a sketch plan for a data center on Cathill Road last fall.

For neighbors, the concerns are practical: noise, power consumption, water usage, and the strain these large facilities place on local infrastructure.

The economic picture is more complicated than it might appear. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro estimated that Amazon projects worth $20 billion, including the Falls Township site, would generate just 1,250 permanent jobs across the entire state.

As more proposals emerge across the county, communities are working to understand how these facilities fit into existing neighborhoods before the next application lands on their doorstep.

Read the full article on The Keystone to see where local and state officials stand on data centers and what it could mean for Bucks County in the years ahead.

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